At a time when tensions between police officers and African Americans are high, some good news has emerged from Tarrant, Alabama.
Helen Johnson, 47, lives in poverty with her two daughters, a niece and two grandchildren, ages 1 and 3. This month, her daughter’s welfare check got lost in the mail and the family began to go hungry.
After two days without eating, Johnson went to a Dollar General store with $1.25, hoping to buy some eggs. Upon learning she was more than 50 cents short, Johnson desperately shoved five eggs into her pocket. Read the full story here ▶
